Mercer launching fund rating service for individual investors and their financial advisors in Singapore

July 6, 2018

Singapore,
Singapore

Forward-looking research methodology analyzes fund characteristics and assesses likelihood to outperform over the market cycle.

Singapore, July 6, 2018 – Mercer, a global consulting leader in advancing health, wealth and careers, and a wholly owned subsidiary of Marsh & McLennan Companies (NYSE: MMC), announced today it will be launching Mercer FundWatchTM – a rating service focusing on funds available to individual investors in Singapore. Ratings and research reports will be publicly available online.

“The dynamic of the wealth landscape is changing rapidly. Individual investors are taking on greater responsibility for their long-term savings to fund their retirement years,” said Beverley Sharp, Strategy Leader - Investment Research. “Mercer FundWatch is intended to give those investors and their financial advisors access to high-quality analysis on funds that has typically been available to institutional investors.”

Janet Li, Wealth Leader for Asia, said, “I am thrilled this service is launching in Singapore, where individual investors and their financial advisors are investment savvy, aware of the importance of self-funding retirement, and are looking for tools to help them with that goal.”

An important aspect of Mercer FundWatch is the forward-looking research methodology which analyzes fund characteristics and their likelihood to outperform over the market cycle.

Mercer FundWatch is backed by Mercer’s global investment research, utilized for over 20 years by some of the world’s largest investors and the foundation of Mercer’s global advice on nearly $11 trillion1 of investments.

About Mercer Mercer delivers advice and technology-driven solutions that help organizations meet the health, wealth and career needs of a changing workforce. Mercer’s more than 23,000 employees are based in 44 countries and the firm operates in over 130 countries. Mercer is a wholly owned subsidiary of Marsh & McLennan Companies (NYSE: MMC), the leading global professional services firm in the areas of risk, strategy and people. With nearly 65,000 colleagues and annual revenue over $14 billion, through its market-leading companies including Marsh, Guy Carpenter and Oliver Wyman, Marsh & McLennan helps clients navigate an increasingly dynamic and complex environment. For more information, visit www.mercer.com. Follow Mercer on Twitter @Mercer.

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1 Assets under advisement includes aggregated data for Mercer Investment Consulting, Inc. and its affiliated companies globally (“Mercer”). Data is derived from a variety of sources, including, but not limited to, third-party custodians or investment managers, regulatory filings, and client self-reported data. Mercer has not independently verified the data. Where available, data is provided as of 30 June 2017 (“Reporting Date”). If data was not available as of the Reporting Date, information from a date closest in time to the Reporting Date, which may be of a more recent date than the Reporting Date, was included. Data includes assets of clients that have engaged Mercer to provide project-based services within the 12-month period ending on the Reporting Date, and assets of clients that subscribe to Mercer’s Manager Research database.